Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939) is a British film based on the novel of the same name by James Hilton. It was directed by Sam Wood, and starred Robert Donat, Greer Garson, Terry Kilburn, John Mills and Paul Henreid. The screenplay was adapted from the novel by R. C. Sherriff, Claudine West and Eric Maschwitz.
The film was voted the 72nd greatest British film ever in the BFI Top 100 British films poll.
In 1933, Mr. Chipping (Robert Donat), a retired sch...
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Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939) is a British film based on the novel of the same name by James Hilton. It was directed by Sam Wood, and starred Robert Donat, Greer Garson, Terry Kilburn, John Mills and Paul Henreid. The screenplay was adapted from the novel by R. C. Sherriff, Claudine West and Eric Maschwitz.
The film was voted the 72nd greatest British film ever in the BFI Top 100 British films poll.
In 1933, Mr. Chipping (Robert Donat), a retired schoolteacher of 85, is kept home by a cold. Managing to arrive late, despite doctor's orders he finds the assembly hall locked. He is disturbed by a new boy, who is being pranked by older pupils; realising what has happened to the boy, he invites him in and asks if he is a new boy and then tells him he was once new as well. Back at home he falls asleep (and his 58-year career is related in flashback).
When 22-year-old Charles Edward Chipping first arrives as a Latin teacher to Brookfield Public School in 1870, he becomes a target of many...
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